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" It is contended to be a violation of that part of the constitution of the United States which forbids a state to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. "
Public Documents of the State of Wisconsin: Being the Reports of the Various ... - Page 264
by Wisconsin - 1876
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 5

United States. Supreme Court - 1820 - 662 pages
...this art. It is contended to be a violation of that part of the Constitution of the United States, which forbids a State to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Much reason is furnished by the record for presuming the consent of the proprietors to this...
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Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of ..., Volume 8

Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 398 pages
...decisions, a contract. The question, then, is, whether it falls within the scope of tliat clause in the federal constitution, which forbids a state to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. It has been asserted, that it does come wnhin the scope of that provision; and I suppose...
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The Writings of John Marshall, Late Chief Justice of the United States, Upon ...

John Marshall - 1839 - 762 pages
...of this act. It is contended to be a violation of that part of the constitution of the United States which forbids a state to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Much reason is furnished by the record for presuming the consent of the proprietors to this...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 71

Georgia. Supreme Court - 1885 - 952 pages
...tort, growing outof the wrongful conversion of personal property, is not a contract within the meaning of that provision of the Federal constitution which...state to pass any law impairing the obligation of a contract; aliter, if the judgment wore founded upon a contract. Therefore, a judgment based on an...
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Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the General ..., Volume 35

Virginia. Board of Public Works - 1850 - 556 pages
...those cases where it is charged that the clause of the constitution of the United States is violated, which forbids a state to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Your board feels no apprehension that the supreme court of the federal government will decide...
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Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 8; Volume 75

United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 738 pages
...the State, exercising authority under the State, on the ground that such authority was repugnant to that provision of the Federal Constitution which forbids...State to pass any law impairing the obligation of a contract. The purpose of the petition, the issue 'which it presented and sought to have determined,...
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Reports of Cases in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Volume 63

Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1873 - 1024 pages
...issued under this last act, is repugnant to the provision of the constitution of the United States, which forbids a State to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. These cases were heard together in this court. They involve a single, and the same question...
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin, Part 2

Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department - 1875 - 856 pages
...of the Wisconsin constitution reserving the right to alter or repeal corporate charters, is a clear violation of that provision of. the Federal Constitution...State to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. Wilmington 11. R. Co. rs. Reid, 13 Wallace, 266; Pacific RR Co. rs. McGuire, 20 Wallace,...
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Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of the State of Wisconsin, Part 2

Wisconsin. Railroad Commissioners' Department - 1875 - 858 pages
...court in cases of this character is settled. Dodge rs. Woolsey, 18 How., 331; US Bank rs. Osborue, 9 Wheat., 738.' Argument. I. The act of the Wisconsin...and so often since announced. The case of Wilmington II. R. Co. rs. Reid, 13 Wallace, 266, Humphrey rs. Pigues, 16, ib. 247, and Pacific RR Co. rs. Maguire,...
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Institutes of Common and Statute Law, Volume 1

John Barbee Minor - 1876 - 686 pages
...Legislature. seen, are protected by that clause of the Constitution of the United States (Art. I, ยง x. 1) which forbids a State to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts. (Fletcher v. Peck, 5 Cr. 88; Terrett V. Taylor, 9 Cr. 43; Dartmouth Col. v. Woodward, 4...
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